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In rather glaring contradiction to all this theorizing and
self-satisfaction of modern man and his exaggerated ideas about
himself, stands one unquestionable fact: …man is as superstitious
(today) as at any time in recent centuries. There are more “psychics”
and “mediums”, more “seers of the future,” more “fortune tellers,”
now than at any time in recent centuries. Hundreds of cheap
publications, usually available not only in newspaper and magazine
stores, but even in the super-markets, carry the “predictions” of
self-styled “clairvoyants,” tales of the supernatural, accounts of
communication with the dead and experiences with demonology.
One of the areas in which this fact is most evident is the widespread
interest in astrology. Practically all newspapers and magazines
dedicate a considerable amount of space to the advice of charlatans
who pretend to be experts in reading the stars. It is a million-dollar
business, and hundreds of self-proclaimed astrologers, many of
whom would not know one star from another, have become wealthy
on the gullibility of the public. There are books and pamphlets in the
bookstores, drug stores, five and dime shops, airport gift shops, and
many other places, large books especially dedicated to the “virgos”
and “scorpios”, and pocket-size books that treat the subject in a
general way. (Note: A recent issue of a Roman Catholic High School
newspaper displayed an “astrological” column written by two female
students) All of this worthless “literature” is filled with platitudes